Trains to South Croydon

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South Croydon station in south London in Travelcard Zone 5 sits on the Brighton Line. The station was opened in 1865 to provide more space for the reversal of local trains, but it soon became an important rail hub as the town rapidly expanded throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, booming in the Industrial Revolution and once again in the 1920s and 1930s, when it was home to London's main airport.
Today, Croydon is known as the home of popular TV sitcom, Peep Show, but there's much more to the area than telly fame. It's a multicultural melting pot brimming with brutalist and art-deco architecture and a retail haven with The Whitgift Centre, once the biggest shopping mall in Europe when it opened in 1970. Other highlights include the market on Surrey Street, dating back to 1276, and Croydon Palace, the summer residence for the Archbishop of Canterbury for over 500 years.

Station details & facilities

The only entrance to South Croydon station is on Blunt Road. Enter the ticket hall has a ticket counter and barriers to a walkway then subway, with stairs leading to the five covered platforms. As platforms 1 and 2 are through tracks with no public access, use platforms 3 and 4 for trains to London Bridge and London Victoria and platform 5 for trains to Caterham and beyond. Easy-access toilets are in the waiting room off the walkway.

Accessible taxis to/from this station to/from the nearest accessible station can be arranged through Southern Assisted Travel - 08451 23 77 70. For other taxi journeys, contact local taxi companies, details of which can be found at www.traintaxi.co.uk.

Trains to South Croydon

Address

Blunt Road, South Croydon, Greater London, CR2 7PA

Ticket Office Hours

Day

Opening Hours

Weekdays

06:20 - 19:45

Saturday

06:20 - 19:45

Sunday

08:10 - 15:45

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